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#2 (permalink) Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:49 am Names of countries |
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Single names of countries do not usually take a definite article: Living in France/Italy/England but THE United States/THE West Indies. _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:39 am Names of countries |
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Dear Alan , could you please elaborate it more , like why 'THE’ comes before US & West indies & why not with others |
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Satishchemeng New Member
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#4 (permalink) Mon Oct 27, 2008 21:04 pm Names of countries |
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...perfect! i made it |
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Tagub New Member
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#5 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 17:51 pm Names of countries |
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Satishchemeng wrote: | Dear Alan , could you please elaborate it more , like why 'THE’ comes before US & West indies & why not with others |
hi friend
when the name of country is single we don't use the definit artical the
on the other hand, we use the with the states, kingdoms ...etc
with my regards |
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Star In The Sky New Member
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#6 (permalink) Fri Mar 05, 2010 15:59 pm C |
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Y a France is not correct . |
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Vamsivikas New Member
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#7 (permalink) Thu Apr 29, 2010 15:17 pm Names of countries |
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Hi Alan
I've got 8 answers out of 10 correctly. I took mistakes ' a France'. I understand that single names of countries do not usually take a difinite article and the people of countries usually take a difinite article like ''the French''.
Thanks. Masako |
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Masako I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Thu Apr 29, 2010 16:17 pm Names of countries |
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Hi Masako.
I think I need to do some corrections first:
Quote: | I ('ve) got 8 answers out of 10 correct(ly). I took/MADE mistakes LIKE ' a France'. I understand that single names of countries do not usually take aN INdEfinite article and the people of countries usually take a dEfinite article like ''the French''. |
Yes, that's right.
Alan _________________ English as a Foreign Language You can read my EFL story Progressive Forms |
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Alan Co-founder

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#9 (permalink) Sun May 02, 2010 15:24 pm Names of countries |
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Hi Alan.
Thank you for your response. I'm very pleased to receive your corrections. It's very educational. I understand clearly that an indefinite article means "a" and a defnite article means "the". I didn't know that.
I wrote again for practice. I got 8 answers out of 10 correct. I made mistakes like 'a France'. I understand that single name of countries do not usually take an indefinite article and the people of countries usually take a definite article like "the French".
Regards, Masako |
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Masako I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#10 (permalink) Wed Jun 08, 2011 13:06 pm Names of countries |
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i don't understand,i think " the Frech" becase .....and the French.i think parallel structure,you can explain help me,thank you very much |
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Cobesieuqua New Member
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#11 (permalink) Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:12 am Names of countries |
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I have got 9 out of 10. my mistake was 'a France" |
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#12 (permalink) Sun Feb 05, 2012 13:22 pm Use of article 'the' with special names. |
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If we are taking about a President John smith. Would we use article 'the" with his name?
For example,
Our country does not support their President. The John smith, himself is unsatisfied with this work. _________________ Mr. Abdul Basit |
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Basitpasha I'm here quite often ;-)

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#13 (permalink) Sun Feb 05, 2012 15:58 pm Re: Use of article 'the' with special names. |
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Hello Basit! We will not use "The" with names or places ie" Proper nouns" we can not say The John Smith, we will rather say "John Smith is not satisfied with this work". |
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Amy Sheez I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#14 (permalink) Sun Feb 05, 2012 16:52 pm Names of countries |
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Any Sheez is correct -- however we would say ' the President': Compare: Our country does not support the President, John Smith. Our country does not support President John Smith. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
Terry Pratchett |
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Beeesneees Language Coach

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#15 (permalink) Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:16 am Names of countries |
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Beeesneees wrote: | Any Sheez is correct -- however we would say ' the President': Compare: Our country does not support the President, John Smith. Our country does not support President John Smith. |
Hi Bev,
Does the comma in sentence #1 suggest that there should be a pause between "President" and "John" in speech?
Thank you. _________________ "He who tries to establish his point by much yelling shows that his reasoning is weak"
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Test incompl/inter-228, Question 3 | French vs. the French |